The Democratic Progressive Party's presidential election campaign video "On the Road" features term-limited Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen driving a car and handing the keys to the party's candidate, Vice President William Lai, and his running mate. The symbolic show of continuity in deepening democracy resonated in Taiwan, drawing more than 10 million views in four days. Days later, China's official news agency published an essay with a more clunky title: "Always on the Road – The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core leads the comprehensive and strict governance of the party to advance in depth." In the heat of Taiwan's presidential election, analysts said the contrasting slogans perfectly symbolized the differences between Taipei's peaceful transfer of power and authoritarian Beijing's centralization of power.
